REWARD AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Being right is its own reward: Load and performance related ventral striatum activation to correct responses during a working memory task in youth

Satterthwaite et al., NPP 2015

Common and Dissociable Dysfunction of the Reward System in Bipolar and Unipolar Depression

Satterthwaite et al., NPP 2015

Common and Dissociable Dysfunction of the Reward System in Bipolar and Unipolar Depression

Satterthwaite et al., Molecular Psychiatry 2015

Dimensional depression severity in women with major depression and post-traumatic stress disorder correlates with fronto-amygdalar hypoconnectivity

Symptoms of depression, lack of enjoyment, and reduced motivation are present in many different psychiatric disorders including depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. As part of collaborative research conducted with Dan Wolf and Joe Kable, we seek to understand how common mechanisms of dysfunction within the brain's reward system results in such symptoms across traditional categories of psychiatric illness. To do so, we use multi-modal brain imaging, computational models, and neuroeconomic probes of reward-related decision making.